This evening Nokia went official with a press release outlining some major changes for their Group Executive Board Members.  First, current CFO Rick Simonson will become the head of the Mobile Phones entity within the Devices unit starting November 1, 2009.  He will also head strategic sourcing for the whole of the Devices unit.  Replacing Rick Simmon will be current head of sales Timo Ihamuotila who will become the new CFO on November 1 and will also continue as a member of the Group Executive Board.  Mobile Phones is one of two entities within the Devices unit that came into operation on October 1, 2009, the other being Smartphones.  Mobile Phones leads the portfolio, product and lifecycle management of all Series 30 and Series 40 devices, which account for more than half of Devices & Services net sales and therefore represent a significant part of Nokia’s business. Mobile Phones focuses on driving a media-rich mobile platform in devices that are already used by hundreds of millions of people and growing, thereby also helping us to deliver mobile solutions.

[Via Nokia]